# 8 Tramway Lane, Christchurch Central City

7 reports on record since March 2024 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/8-tramway-lane

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8512018), 3 Jul 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8096027), 16 Apr 2026
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7606582), 23 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6572994), 7 Jul 2025
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834502), 30 Jun 2024
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834495), 30 Jun 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4377028), 5 Mar 2024

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8512018), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08512018/public/1_wk8ulic1a4hn.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8096027), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08096027/public/1_ujassdersghg.jpg
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7606582), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07606582/public/1_5bkxmltvd26k.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6572994), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06572994/public/1_etfrcy9b6tx.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834502), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04834502/public/1_qbhzf1o8h5hw.jpg
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/4834495), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04834495/public/1_7zrvnmw9g6e.jpg
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/4377028), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04377028/public/1_d61pkcdl4sc8.jpg

[More photographs on the Christchurch Central City wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Also reported on Tramway Lane
- [7 Tramway Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/7-tramway-lane), 20 reports
- [11–35 Tramway Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/11%E2%80%9335-tramway-lane), 2 reports
- [71–91 Tramway Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/71%E2%80%9391-tramway-lane), 1 report
- [6 Tramway Lane](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/6-tramway-lane), 1 report
- [Tramway Lane, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tramway-lane)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.639&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.639&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5317&lon=172.639&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [The Christchurch Tramway Restaurant (Tram 411)](https://www.chch.live/business/the-christchurch-tramway-restaurant-tram-411-christchurch-central-city), 26 m away · Business
- [Knight Wine Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/knight-wine-bar-christchurch-central-city), 29 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Mexico Restaurant](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-restaurant-christchurch-central-city), 35 m away · Restaurants
- [Mexico](https://www.chch.live/business/mexico-christchurch-central-city), 43 m away · Restaurants

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- [Manchester St Super Stop](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53061), 53 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 29](https://www.chch.live/buses/29), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86), [route 91](https://www.chch.live/buses/91), [route 92](https://www.chch.live/buses/92), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95)
- [Hereford St near Colombo St](https://www.chch.live/buses?stop=53163), 111 m away · [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310887-bailer), 177 m away, “Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / The Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015 / (MÄori text and English translat…” · 2015
- [In Memory of / Jaime Robert McDowell Gilbert](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310859-ground), 191 m away, “IN MEMORY OF / JAIME ROBERT MCDOWELL GILBERT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE / AT THIS LOCATION IN THE…” · 2018
- [Godley Statue Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311006-godley-statue-reserve), 224 m away · 1899

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).*

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Jul 2024
- [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day

This address is not on a single weekly kerbside round.
- Green bin, not collected here
- Yellow bin, Weekly · Wednesdays
- Red bin, Daily

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 10% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the Central City alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Tramway Lane in 3 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=tramway-lane&suburb=christchurch-central-city)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about **$508 a week**, $42 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, 167 Hereford Street
*25 m away · 167 Hereford Street · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/528)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## What was here, Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance
*48 m away · 58/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±28 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/278)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1931

## What was here, Shands Emporium: Former Commercial Building
*52 m away · 217 Manchester Street · located to ±6 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/105)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/307

## What was here, Former Trinity Congregational Church and Setting
*61 m away · 124 Worcester Street · located to ±14 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/279)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/306

## What was here, Former Government Buildings and Setting
*74 m away · 26/28 Cathedral Square · located to ±43 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/276)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/301

## The green nearby
- [Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 131 m to the edge · Botanic
- [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall), 154 m to the edge
- [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles), 174 m to the edge
- [The Stewart Plaza](https://www.chch.live/park/1566-the-stewart-plaza), 179 m to the edge
- [Godley Statue Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1084-godley-statue-reserve), 243 m to the edge · Botanic

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The civic shelf nearby
- [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33), 197 m away · Car park
- [Turanga Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-56), 226 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
- [Re:start - Lichfield Street](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31), 424 m away · Car park

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 50 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-523-christchurch-central-city), 95 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-505-christchurch-central-city), 317 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-491-christchurch-central-city), 324 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-524-christchurch-central-city), 399 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 8 Tramway Lane?**

7 council reports on record since March 2024, most often graffiti on a fence, building or structure (5), graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge (1), dumped rubbish (1).

**What school is 8 Tramway Lane zoned for?**

[Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.53167458733888,172.6390320748742)

**Which suburb is 8 Tramway Lane in?**

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, on [Tramway Lane](https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/tramway-lane).

**What stood at 8 Tramway Lane before?**

The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it, [167 Hereford Street](https://www.chch.live/place/528), [Commercial Building and Setting, Former State Insurance](https://www.chch.live/place/278).

**What is the nearest park to 8 Tramway Lane?**

[Cathedral Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1431-cathedral-square), 131 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=christchurch-central-city&address=8-tramway-lane · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Christchurch%20Central%20City&street=tramway-lane
